Urban Transport by Rail in Istanbul

Istanbul has the biggest urban rail system in Turkey with metro, light rail, tram, cable car and funicular lines.

Network in Use : 142 km*

Lines Under Construction : 156.4 km*

Rolling Stockin Use: 750*

Rolling Stock Orders : 834*

Daily Ridership : 1.6 mn*

* As of May 2016, including Marmaray

Network

Urban Rail Network of Istanbul

Total rail network for urban transport in Istanbul is 142 km long. Most is operated by Istanbul Ulasim, a subsidiary of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Istanbul Ulasim has 90.5 km metro, 36.4 km tram and 1.4 km cable car and funicular lines. There’s also a suburban line of 13.5 km, Marmaray, operated by TCDD.

M1 – Yenikapi-Airport/Kirazli (26.1 km)

M2 – Yenikapi-Haciosman (23.5 km)

M3 – Basaksehir-Olimpiyatkoy (15.9 km)

M4 – Kadıkoy-Kartal (21.7 km)

M6 – Levent-Hisarustu (3.3 km)

T1 – Kabatas-Bagcilar (18.5 km)

T3 – Kadikoy-Moda (2.6 km)

T4 – Topkapi-Mescidi Selam (15.3 km)

F1 – Taksim-Kabatas (594 m)

Ridership

1.6 millon passengers use rail systems every day in Istanbul. The last figures published by IETT is as follows: